Emulex 16 Gb Gen 6 Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapters
Product Guide
The Emulex 16 Gb (Generation 6) Fibre Channel (FC) host bus adapters (HBAs) are an ideal solution when
requiring high-speed data transfer in storage connectivity for virtualized environments, data backup, and
mission-critical applications. They are designed to meet the needs of modern networked storage systems
that utilize high performance and low latency solid state storage drives for caching and persistent storage
as well as hard disk drive arrays.
The Emulex 16 Gb Gen 6 FC HBAs feature ExpressLane, which prioritizes mission-critical traffic in
congested networks ensuring maximum application performance on flash storage arrays. They also
seamlessly support Brocade ClearLink diagnostics through Emulex OneCommand Manager, ensuring the
reliability and management of storage network when connected to Brocade Gen 5 FC SAN fabrics.
Figure 1. Emulex 16 Gb Gen 6 FC Single-port and Dual-port HBAs (shown without the included SFP+
modules)
Did you know?
The Emulex 16 Gb Gen 6 FC HBAs have an advanced ASIC which can achieve 1.6M IOPS on a single port
by using Emulex's Dynamic Multicore architecture, which dynamically scales HBA resources to any port
that needs it. This is essential when ports are used in active-standby mode.
The Emulex 16 Gb Gen 6 FC HBAs can provide near limitless scalability to support maximum VM density,
with 2x more on-chip resources and bandwidth. These low latency HBAs can also improve your VDI
experience, providing noticeable improvements during boot storms, and allow faster data warehousing and
meet the massive bandwidth requirements of flash storage arrays.
Emulex 16 Gb Gen 6 Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapters
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